Federal labor law required a cargo ship operator to negotiate over the presence of cameras on its new ships, a National Labor Relations Board judge has ruled, dinging the company for refusing to engage in effe... (more story)

A defense contractor lodged a lawsuit seeking to collect $4.78 million from the U.S. Air Force, alleging that the agency failed to properly calculate updated labor rates into its solicitation for support servi... (more story)

The Sixth Circuit rejected petitions Tuesday from the National Labor Relations Board and a Teamsters local to rehear a panel decision finding that the agency erred by failing to use the rulemaking process when... (more story)

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed what his administration called a first-of-its-kind executive order directing city agencies to develop heat-safety protections for workers who face dangerous temperatur... (more story)

An industrial cleaning company did not violate federal labor law when it fired a worker who refused to take a drug test without a union representative present, a National Labor Relations Board judge has ruled,... (more story)

The Fifth Circuit has reversed a National Labor Relations Board decision finding that Starbucks unlawfully fired a worker for supporting a unionization effort at the store, saying the decision rested on insuff... (more story)

Three union benefit funds lack standing in their lawsuit accusing New York-Presbyterian Hospital of using anticompetitive tactics when negotiating with health insurance companies, the hospital told a New York ... (more story)

Foreign workers asked a Georgia federal judge to approve a $2.7 million settlement to resolve class action claims that an Atlanta-area building materials supplier and staffing and recruiting agencies violated ... (more story)

 The question of whether a worker consents to arbitrate even if they don't open emails containing opt-out instructions for an arbitration pact, which the Ninth Circuit is considering, hinges on if the worker a... (more story)

The District of Columbia's water utility will pay over $216,700 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it unlawfully fired a 54-year-old human resources employee and replaced... (more story)

Waffle House was sued by a former server who alleges the restaurant chain collected an unlawful tobacco surcharge from employees enrolled in its health plan without offering a compliant wellness program or pro... (more story)

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr has told Congress that tanking diversity, equity and inclusion programs across the telecom industry is not only justified but also a policy where Americans ... (more story)

The Sixth Circuit refused Tuesday to upend a $205,000 verdict in favor of a former Michigan Technological University accounting professor who said she was given a lower raise because she took maternity leave, ... (more story)

The Fifth Circuit revived part of a Black nurse's discrimination suit Tuesday after finding a lower court was too quick to nix claims that she faced racist harassment on the job, highlighting evidence that she... (more story)

A company that offers janitorial services to airports can compel arbitration in a former employee's wage and hour proposed class action, the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday, reversing a California district court's... (more story)

A Colorado federal judge declined to toss a proposed collective action that alleged a Colorado coal mining company failed to pay its hourly employees for overtime worked, ruling Tuesday that a mine operator al... (more story)

A Colorado-based 3D concrete printing company settled a proposed collective action alleging it misclassified equipment operators as overtime-exempt and paid them a salary without overtime premiums, according t... (more story)

A New Jersey federal judge Tuesday agreed to certify a class of workers alleging Konica Minolta used an office relocation as a guise to conduct a mass layoff without having to pay severance.

A former customer support worker has sued a business process outsourcing company in Massachusetts federal court, alleging the company shortchanged workers on overtime and paid them late because of its semimonthly pay system.

A recently reintroduced bipartisan bill that would provide federal employees up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave could give them the much-needed time off for medical-related issues while also helpi... (more story)

A Home Depot employee called on a Seattle federal judge to certify a class of more than 21,000 current and former low-income workers whom the home improvement store chain allegedly barred from working addition... (more story)